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Auction catalogue. Cover depicted painting by Xenia Ender from Sackner collection. Three paintings and three drawings offered in this sale were offered by the Sackner collection. A Book by Selvinski, Chicheron and Zelvinski "Exchange of All Constructivist Poets" was purchased by Sackner Archive in this sale. Several covers of Russian Avant Garde books and periodicals are depicted in this catalogue. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Vladimir Mayakovsky was a Russian artist and poet associated with cubo-futurism and revolutionary propaganda art. When the Civil War ended in 1921, Mayakovsky became the leader of the Moscow LEF (Left Front of the Arts) group and the editor of its journal. This volume presents Mayakovsky's revolutionary poetry, accompanied by color, full page reproductions of collages and photomontages. Also inlcudes an essay by Vladimir Remes, with illustrations of works by Rodchenko, Tatlin, and George Grosz. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Scope and Contents This book consists of illustrated interviews and essays about European artistic and literary figures from the 1920s to 1960s written and depicted with caricatures by Hoffmeister.Adolf Hoffmeister (1902-1973) was a poet, novelist, artist, translator and editor. He edited one of the main Czech daily newspapers, Lidove noviny (1928-30) and the main literary paper, Literarní noviny (1930-32). He was also a talented artist and caricaturist, often illustrating his own work. Hoffmeister set up an anti-fascist magazine, Simplicus, in the 1930s after the German satiric magazine Simplicissimus was banned by the Nazis. He also wrote the libretto for a children's opera, Brundibar, with music by the Czech composer Hans Krasa in 1938; the opera was performed fifty-five times by children in Terezín concentration camp where Krasa was interned. Hoffmeister emigrated to France in 1939, but moved on to Morocco when France fell. There, he was arrested but escaped from an internment camp and arrived...

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Auction catalogue. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Scope and Contents This book reprints the poem Mayakovsky's "Pro Eto," written between December 1922 and February 1923, along with English and German translations, documentation, color reproductions of the original photomontages, and critical text. Alexander Lavrentiev writes that "it is a work in which Mayakovsky uses the novel medium of freely associative verse to grapple - sometimes realistically, sometimes availing himself of poetic licence - with love and philistinism, revolution and drinking tea." When Mayakovsky travelled to Berlin for an exhibition of works by graphic artists from Russia, he noticed publications that successfully used photographs and photomontages instead of drawings. He requested Rodchenko, with whom he had previously collaborated in advertising work, to produce photomontages for the book. Pro Eto was published in 1923. The book is considered one of the milestones in innovative literary content and graphic presentation first "because it represents a new kind of love poetry....

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Published in conjunction with Afrika's 1995 exhibition at the Osterreichisches Museum fur angewandte Kunst in Vienna. The folded sheets, placed in the bound-in envelope, contain eight rebuses each. The soft cover book is also bound into the folder. The brown paper used throughout is reminiscent of the paper in Russian Avant Garde books from 1910-1930. This book describes and depicts the copper engraved work of Afrika. It serves as an introduction to Afrika's copper book of engraved rebuses that is held by the Sackner Archive. There were 500 other copies not held by the Sackner Archive that included one copper plate. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The exhibition consisted of political posters from the Russian Telegraphic Agency. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This is a revision of the same subject matter published previously by the author based upon books held by the British Library. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This study analyzes the poetic theory and practice of five major Cubo-Futurists: Velimir Khlebnikov, Vladimir Mayakovsky, David Burliuk, Aldksej Kruchenykh and Vasilij Kamenski. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Auction catalogue. The Sackners purchased several books at this auction. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The first stanza of the poem that reads "The canoe of life is shattered..." is taken from Mayakovsky's suicide note. The second stanza that reads "The windblown willow's leaves hide the path" is a caption to the drawing of leaves on the cover of the folder. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Heller includes the book "Art and Text" in his review article. In this book, Tom Phillips is described as"a pioneer of text art." His painting Here We Exemplify, held by the Sackner Archive, is depicted in this book as are pages from "A Humument." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This is a copy of a lecture given by Martha Wilson. It includes a listing of the slides she used to illustrate her historical points or reference. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This is a copy of a lecture given by Martha Wilson. It includes a listing of the slides she used to illustrate her historical points or reference. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.